What Does Your Home Disclose About You?

 

What Does Your Home Disclose About You?

When you allow people to come and see your home you have to think about some things like your privacy. You are literally inviting strangers into your home. You have no idea what they will stumble into. You need to be able to depersonalize the home and keep everything confidential, confidential. You will become surprised at what people will find out about you without even really snooping. 

The first thing that you have to realize is that people are going to open things. They are going to look at things like the cabinets and closets. You need to be sure that there is nothing that anyone can find out about yourself. You may end up having documents that you don't want lying around like divorce papers. If you are caught with such documents you will find that a lower bid will always be given. You may also leave other things in a cabinet or even a top desk drawer and be humiliated later 

The biggest mistake that people make is leaving mail where people can pick it up and read it. You may have creditors bothering you and other things and you don't want these people to know that you're in a rough spot. Also, they can get your credit card numbers and identity theft is only a step away. Take the mail and put it somewhere that they shouldn't be. Place it in your desk drawer under the Bible; anywhere that it can't be seen or that someone would peak.

You will want to take some of your personal things and take them down. You will want to take down wedding photos and diplomas. You will find that some people are biased because you went to a rival school. You should take away the wedding photos just because it might give away your religion. Religion is a big reason for you to be discriminated and you don't need the added drama. 

You will also want to think about the closets. You will want some of your clothing in the closet as well as some male clothing. This is because you don't want the people viewing your home as desperate to sell because of a divorce or relationship falling out. You don't want to give any clue as to why you are selling. As soon as you do, you will notice that you'll get very low offers and you will never get what you are asking for. 

You need to be safe when it comes to letting strangers into your home. You will want to protect yourself from predators by getting a driver's license, showing the homes in numbers, and letting others know what you are doing so that you can stay safe from predators. If you get a realtor you should be able to avoid the predators because they shouldn't meet you until the deal is done.